Iowa Code r. 567-106.11 - Transfer station operating requirements

A transfer station shall perform its operations in a manner that complies with the following requirements:

(1) Site access shall be controlled and limited to a time when a transfer station operator who has met the following training requirements is on duty:

a. Has read, understands, and is able to implement the plan of operations pursuant to 106.8(1)"k."

b. Has read, understands, and is able to implement the emergency response and remedial action plan pursuant to 106.8(1)"m."

c. Is able to visually recognize universal symbols and markings, and indications of unacceptable materials pursuant to subrule 106.11(4).

d. Is certified by a training program approved by the department such as, but not limited to, the Solid Waste Association of North America's Managing Transfer Station Systems Training and Certification Course, if the facility is permitted for 20,000 tons or more per year of solid waste.

(2) Solid waste shall be accepted only from generators within the service area designated in 106.8(1)"f."

(3) All unloading, handling, processing, screening, open storage, loading, and similar activities or processes involving solid waste shall be performed inside the transfer station building. Truck-to-truck transfer of solid waste that is not incidental solid waste transfer is not allowed outside a transfer station building. A rear-loading solid waste transport vehicle that does not have any other open access and securely abuts the transfer station building so that minimal amounts of solid waste escape during loading shall qualify as being inside the building. Salvaged materials that do not attract or harbor vectors may be stored outside the building in clearly marked designated areas.

(4) All solid waste accepted by the transfer station shall, at a minimum, be visually inspected by personnel capable of identifying hot loads and hazardous, infectious, radioactive, and other wastes not acceptable for disposal in a sanitary landfill.

(5) Transfer station operators shall segregate and manage unacceptable wastes and hot loads in accordance with applicable laws, and in a manner as safe and responsible as practical.

(6) Transfer station operators shall be allowed to salvage materials. Scavenging shall not be allowed.

(7) The operation of the facility shall be carried out in a manner that attempts to minimize litter, dust, odor, noise, vibration, and the attraction or harborage of vectors.

(8) The transfer station building shall be maintained at a level of cleanliness necessary to prevent a nuisance or public health hazard.

(9) On-site litter shall be maintained at a level of cleanliness necessary to prevent a nuisance or public health hazard. Off-site litter shall be collected daily.

(10) The exterior of all buildings shall be maintained in a reasonable aesthetic condition, and that prevents the attraction or harborage of vectors, so as not to create a nuisance or public health hazard.

(11) Washwater management systems shall not be allowed to overflow and shall be inspected monthly and maintained in proper operating condition.

(12) Any breach of a surface that prevents washwater from entering the ground and groundwater shall be repaired within 24 hours to make that surface impervious to liquids. If such repairs cannot be made within 24 hours, the facility shall not allow solid waste or washwater to come into contact with the breached area until repairs are complete. If the facility cannot prevent solid waste or washwater from coming into contact with the breached area, the department may require the facility to shut down until repairs are completed.

(13) Adequate provisions shall be made for the routine operational maintenance of the facility.

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Iowa Code r. 567-106.11